What do you do with your built pedals?

[zenless]

I've had 3 good builds so far, another five boards or so waiting for use. And i want to buy more.. But what do i do with them when done? I enjoy the building, but how many can I really use?

[gtr2]

Build everything    Sell the ones that sit on the shelf to long 

Josh

[peAk]

I am just building them because I enjoy it and hopefully my son will play when he gets older and I can hand them down to him.

[pickdropper]

how many can I really use?

Just one more.  :-)

[Cortexturizer]

I tend to build way too many fuzzess and those I sell to friends who have trust in me an my abilities although I'd love to keep everything, but occasionally I get GASsy about something so I need the money.

[Tremster]

Just this week I went through all my builds and put a dozen up for sale in the local classifieds, just because I play those the least.
The others I hardly play more.
And a handful I play regularly.
So, wait for them to gather dust, then sell them, and think about quitting all the time.

[micromegas]

When I build to order there's no problem, I keep thinking during all the process that the pedal is not going to be mine.

The problem is when I build a pedal and then realize is redundant to other or that I do not like it that much. In this case I find it very hard to part with it

[midwayfair]

All of the above.

Usually I only sell stuff I made for me if I have multiples of that circuit lying around or if I really just don't think I'll ever use it. Everything else I sell is custom work, often one-ofs.

I keep a lot of stuff in the event I know it's the right sound for a recording, but realistically I can get almost every effect I could want out of my pedalboard and maybe three or four other pedals (filter stuff, mostly), so if I were only keeping things I'd actually use I'd probably have no more than 10 pedals in the house.

[selfdestroyer]

I build for myself and I have a really hard time parting with pedals. Most of the time I rather they sit unused than not having them anymore. I am learning to let go... but its hard.

Cody

[juansolo]

Build them, keep most, store lots that keep getting re-discovered down the line, I have a few go-to's though and I sell some when they get superseded.

[GermanCdn]

Keep them all, look at them lovingly, inevitably trip over them on the floor of the man cave.

[icecycle66]

I do all that.
They stay in  a pile on the floor until they start getting in the way.  Then I'll give one or two to some friends, then try to sell the rest. 

If I can't sell them, then I salvage them.

[Droogie]

I keep most, but am at a distinct limit for space, so I eventually give away some older builds on vero to guys at work or at a studio I work with a lot. I've also taken to cramming as many boards as possible into each box (especially dirt circuits) just to save some storage real estate —and it's a fun challenge! I'm not really set up to decorate much so the option of selling is a bit limited.

[pryde]

All the above.

I would say at this point I build mostly for others as I have grown kind of picky about what I like and would build for myself. When I started I built everything I put my eyes on and sold off a lot of those for cheap as they were dust collectors.

I do hate the feeling of selling a pedal and realizing you really miss it and then have to build another. The RAH comes to mind for me.

[LaceSensor]

Build to try, decide if like, sell if not
Build with the intention of selling
Hoard Hoard Hoard